Pakistan offers best investor friendly policies: President

ISLAMABAD, Jun 13 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain Monday said that Pakistan offered best investor friendly policies and urged investors to avail them by investing in Pakistan.

In a meeting with a delegation of Telenor Group headed by President and CEO Sigve Brekke at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, here, the President noted that Pakistan was a big market for the Information Technology industry and hoped that Telenor Group would expand their network to provide more services to the people.

Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecom Anusha Rahman Ahmad Khan was also present on the occasion, said a President House statement.

President Mamnoon said that the government encouraged the development of information technology, telecommunication and digital services in the country and appreciated the telecom sector’s contributions in the development and growth of the country’s economy.

He commended the role of Telenor for introducing modern facilities to facilitate the people and assured government’s support for the company’s future plans.

He said that further penetration of mobile broadband technology was vital for the economic growth and development of Pakistan in different social sectors.

The President underscored that faster progress could be made in the field of telecom technology through public-private partnership adding that low cost internet services and its easy availability was a top priority of the government.

He appreciated the achievement of Ministry of Information Technology in curbing the grey traffic, which was adversely affecting the telecom industry.

Speaking on the occasion, President and CEO of Telenor Group Sigve Brekke apprised President Mamnoon Hussain about various services being offered by Telenor Group in the banking, education, health and agriculture sectors in Pakistan.

He stated that Pakistan was a promising and model market for telecom industry and expressed his satisfaction at the cooperation being extended by the Government of Pakistan to his organisation.

The Telenor CEO said that his company was committed to support Pakistan’s efforts to become a digitally enabled nation.